Archive for May, 2015

The Guttman Global Ambassadors Program (2014-2015) was a success thanks to the support of Guttman’s administration, faculty, staff, the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation, and, of course, the 10 outstanding graduating students who represented the program so well. The program ran from October 2014 through May 2015 and each of the three phases was excellent. […]

Proskauer, a leading global law firm based in New York, recently gave Guttman Community College a $5,000 gift to support students. The proceeds are being used to provide students who request food and lunch money from the Carroll and Milton Petrie Student Emergency Grant Fund $25 gift cards to the SUBWAY restaurant chain to purchase […]

Guttman will be participating with other CUNY colleges on two recently awarded grants. The Teagle Foundation approved a $27,250 one-year grant to Borough of Manhattan Community College, Hostos Community College, and Stella and Charles Guttman Community College for the project “Alignment of Learning Outcomes and Course Sequences for Remedial and Introductory College-Level Quantitative Curricula.” Through […]

Thomas Bailey, Director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, praises Guttman Community College’s new approach to community college education in his Washington Post (May 11, 2015) opinion piece.

On May 7 during Common Hour the College held its spring All-College Meeting for faculty and staff featuring two panels. President Scott E. Evenbeck gave introductory remarks and a brief update about the College. The first panel included one co-chair from each of the seven Middle States Working Groups, who briefly discussed the focus of […]

The City University of New York partnered with The Dream U.S. Foundation last year to provide scholarships to undocumented students who have filed for temporary legal status. On May 5 The Dream U.S. founder and former Washington Post owner Donald Graham and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman announced at the CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown […]

Marla A. Sole, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has recently published several articles in noteworthy publications, including: Financial Literacy: An Essential Component of Mathematics Literacy and Numeracy. Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 5(2), 55-62, defines financial literacy and justifies its place in the mathematics curriculum. After describing the gaps in young people’s understanding of […]